losdemas Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 So, averaging out what's been posted so far ... 2006 - $141 (n=3) 2007 - $273 (n=4) 2008 - $131 (n=5) 2009 - $99 (n=5) 2010 - $83 (n=5) 2011 - $62 (n=5) 2012 - $56 (n=5) 2013 - $58 (n=5) Still not a very big sample to be going on, but appears to be a distinct drop in selling value around 2008/2010 (2007 was skewed by two large figures of $475 and $320) OK, to add to your stats, my average gross fees for my limited time selling: 2013: $68 2014: $48 EDIT: continues downward: $45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 (05 31.43) only 2 sales 06 96.87 07 70.93 08 58.33 09 49.01 10 43.82 11 33.67 12 36.47 13 24.20 14 27.14 These are NET, but show a similar pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I have read a report on the stock industry somewhere that is saying just what you are experiencing in the continual reducing net income. The report seems to cite the high and increasing volume of images available on the net, a lot of which are free or already very cheap. This is due to agencies/libraries undercutting to try to keep/stay in business. The report ended with the conclusion that if a photographers income was purely from stock then it would be wise to diversify into other fields. Personally I am going to open a brothel. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 For me: Average Gross per sale 2005 only one sale so not counting that year 2006 $248 2007 163 2008 146 2009 158 2010 109 2011 98 2012 92 2013 82 2014 76 (so far) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I broke down and did the math. Curiously, my numbers seem more consistent. Could be because I made a lot of distributor sales in earlier years. Now I make more Alamy sales. 2007 -- started uploading late in the year and only made one sale 2008 -- $100 2009 -- $124 2010 -- $108 2011 -- $77 2012 -- $89 2013 -- $74 2014 -- $80 (so far, so good with 94 sales) 2012 was my best year (gross) and 2014 is looking as if it could turn into my second best. Net income of course has declined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I'm not going to dig out my early numbers. They're irrelevant since the size of my collection was so different. I only have about 1,600 images now, curse my butt. But I'm amazed that my average price for 2014 so far is $124.49. Gee, and I was just thinking about giving up on stock altogether. I'm so burned out and just cannot get myself to shoot anything on the San Gennaro Feast, which is right now just outside my door. Basta! Major correction: as some of you may have suspected, my count was off. The average price paid for an image in the first 9 months of 2014 was $58.97. Sorry about that. Two hours and forty minutes of happiness gone in a twinkling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabbro Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Can't resist to play along the fare game: 2008 -- $200 (3 sales) 2009 -- $166 (4 sales) 2010 -- $176 (8 sales) 2011 -- $115 (15 sales) 2012 -- $91 (48 sales) 2013 -- $104 (49 sales) 2014 to date -- $94 (52 sales) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastrega Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Personally I am going to open a brothel. Allan Won't just be your prices dropping, then. You could make a fortune combining your new business with your photography.... if you don't get the jail..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Personally I am going to open a brothel. Allan I think there's another big stock aGency -- whose name I won't mention -- that has beaten you to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I've made some corrections: 2005 - $1952006 - $1792007 - $131 ( 26x) (w/o xxl sale) with that sale: $425 (27x)2008 - $1362009 - $1242010 - $1072011 - $ 802012 - $ 652013 - $ 682014 - $ 60 (so far) The first time my list had some inconsistencies because of Novel Use. This is all without NU. The decline is much smoother now ;-) The other correction is for the xxl sale in 2007. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Personally I am going to open a brothel. Allan I think there's another big stock aGency -- whose name I won't mention -- that has beaten you to it. There's always room for an exclusive little one. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Personally I am going to open a brothel. Allan I think there's another big stock aGency -- whose name I won't mention -- that has beaten you to it. There's always room for an exclusive little one. Allan You're right. Size doesn't really matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brooks Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I have read a report on the stock industry somewhere that is saying just what you are experiencing in the continual reducing net income. The report seems to cite the high and increasing volume of images available on the net, a lot of which are free or already very cheap. This is due to agencies/libraries undercutting to try to keep/stay in business. The report ended with the conclusion that if a photographers income was purely from stock then it would be wise to diversify into other fields. Personally I am going to open a brothel. Allan Allan: Open the brothel, and I will be your first customer. Can I bring my small Sony camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I have read a report on the stock industry somewhere that is saying just what you are experiencing in the continual reducing net income. The report seems to cite the high and increasing volume of images available on the net, a lot of which are free or already very cheap. This is due to agencies/libraries undercutting to try to keep/stay in business. The report ended with the conclusion that if a photographers income was purely from stock then it would be wise to diversify into other fields. Personally I am going to open a brothel. Allan Allan: Open the brothel, and I will be your first customer. Can I bring my small Sony camera? Of course you can, but watch out for "soft and lacking definition." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 (tee hee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I'm in novel and newspaper Average this year is $80 Average over past 8 years $79 This years average better than each of past 3 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnie5 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I started a similar topic not knowing this one existed. Wim suggested I post here and maybe revive this post. Here is my original post. This comes from perhaps having too much time on my hands, but I divided My total sales to date into the total dollar amount that appears on My Alamy Dashboard. I came up with $103.81. I thought that was pretty good. Of course if I used return per image on sale it wouldn't look so good. Does anyone else want to post their number? Maybe it will cheer some of the new people up a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 My overall average for the nearly 10 years with Alamy is $107 but this year's average is $76. October's average is $74 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Month of September, 2014 = $103 average price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Total = $45.67 average price 2014 = $51.33 average price September 2014 = $68.33 average price Most of my pictures are secondary editorial and I'm in newspaper scheme and novel use. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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